Knock-down metal furniture, including cross u-shaped legs



March 13, 1956 w P L 2,738,245

KNOCK-DOWN METAL FURNITURE, INCLUDING CROSS U-SHAPED LEGS Filed May 12, 1954 INVENTOR. \A J-l. CAMPBELL KNOCK-DOWN METAL FURNITURE, INCLUDING CROSS U-SHAPED LEGS William H. Campbell, Worcester, Mass., assignor to Industrial Stamping, Inc., Worcester, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application May 12, 1954, Serial No. 429,198

1 Claim. (Cl. 311-32) This invention relates to new and improved knockdown wrought-ironv furniture and particularly relates to tables especially of the type which are used for supporting table model radio and television sets or Lazy Susans, and including means for mounting the television set, etc., for rotative motion thereon, including simple and effective means for connecting the different parts of the table together in rigid relationship and including brace means all of which may be sold to the consumer in flat condition and quickly and easily erected by the consumer into a piece of furniture of the class described.

Further objects of the invention include the provision of a knock-down table of theclass described comprising a pair of like U-shaped parts, each of which forms a pair of table legs and an integral cross member at the closed end of the U for connection to a central means holding the same in assembled relation and providing for supporting a rotary table top, radio or television set thereon and including a removable shelf for detachable connection to said legs for rigidifying the entire construction and also providing supporting means for any objects desired.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a table in set up condition;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof on a reduced scale;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, looking in the direction of arrow 3 in Fig. 1, parts being in section; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view, taken on the section line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the present invention, there are provided a pair of similar U-shaped members, each of which provides a pair of legs 10, 12 and 14, 16, and each of which has, at the closed end of the U thereof, a member 18 and 20 respectively which cross each other in the set-up condition of the device at the center thereof. Member 20 is flattened centrally at the top part thereof at 22 (see Fig. 4) and member 18 is flattened at the lower part thereof 24, so that these members cross each other and inter-fit and do not permit any bulges or the like when they are assembled together at 90 to each other as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Each cross member 18 or 20 is also provided with a pair of spaced flattened portions, all of which are indicated at 26. These flattened portions are provided for receiving assembling bolts 28 which take into projecting ears 30 on a circular plate 32 having a hub 34. When the circular plate 32 is so fastened, it holds the U-shaped leg members in the assembled relationship, i. e., at 90 with respect to each other, and this is all that is necessary in order to hold the table erect in operative condition.

The circular plate 32 is provided with an angularly I United States Patent 1 O Patented Mar. 13, 1956 movable supplementary plate 36 which is mounted to rotate thereon by some means such as balls 38 or the like and a friction plate 40 is interposed so that plate 36 will not rotate relative to plate 32 except under a certain degree of pressure.

Plate 36 is provided with laterally or radially extending flats at 42 which are apertured to provide means for securing a set of radially extending arms 44 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, these arms having right-angled bends at the outer ends thereof as at 46 for supporting a table top, television set or the like in horizontal position. In this condition of course such table top or television set may be rotated with respect to the table.

The plate 32 is therefore seen to hold the leg members in assembled relationship as above described, and plate 36 provides means for supporting the cross members or arms 44 for supporting an upper rotatable member.

In order to rigidify the device, there is provided a removable shelf generally indicated at 48. This shelf is made up of a series of bars secured at their ends to cross members 50, the latter terminating in down-turned ends 52 which are received in apertures in the inwardly-extending lateral brackets 54, there being one such bracket on each leg.

The shelf 48 is extremely easy to secure to or remove from the construction, and it will be seen that the table is easily set up, it being necessary only to apply the four bolts 28 to secure the U-shaped leg members to the lower plate 32 of the central hub construction. The tu-shaped legs may be packaged in flat-wise condition, the shelf 48 and the supporting members 44 as well as the central hub all being capable of being packaged in fiat-wise condition thereon and the entire table may be sold in a flat cardboard package about an inch and a half thick.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claim, but what I claim is:

A table of the class described comprising a pair of U-shaped leg members with the bights of the Us crossing each other centrally thereof, each of the bights having reduced flats at points removed from the centers thereof and at either side of the centers and providing fastening areas, a central hub overlying the bights of the U-shaped leg members, said hub securing the same together in extended relation, and fastening means at the flats for the hub, said hub including two flat plates, one rotatable on the other, radially-extending flats on one plate, the plate flats coinciding with the flats on the bights of the U-shaped leg members, said fastening means securing the plate flats to the flats on the bights.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain Aug. 11, 1947 

